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Published 6 Aug 2021, 14:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Measured Term Contract (MTC) Pool Plant Equipment: Service, Maintenance & Repairs

Official notice

Authority: North Ayrshire Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£200,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 10 Sept 2021awarded 23 Dec 2021
Awarded to Aquateq Pools Ltd

Re-procurement openMeasured Term Contract for Service, Maintenance and Repairs of Swimming & Spa Pools and Plant · bids close

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Contract is required for the inspection, servicing, maintenance and repairs of pool plant equipment. This includes the servicing of pumps, varipool flooring, disabled poolside lifts and any other ancillary equipment required to keep pool plant operational. This also includes the replacement of consumable parts such as UV lamps. This is a general repairs and maintenance contract

  • Recurrence: August 2026

CPV: Heating-plant repair and maintenance work · Purification-plant repair and maintenance work · Repair and maintenance of plant · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance work in connection with sports facilities

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£200,000
Delivery: Scotland · North Ayrshire
Extensions: There will be a further two options to extend, each for a period of up to 12 months. Extensions will be at the sole discretion of North Ayrshire Council and subject to satisfactory performance and funding.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • Stock Control & Materials Supply Chains: 7%
  • Operational Procedures: 10%
  • Resources: 7%
  • Emergency Service: 10%
  • Communications and Progress Reporting Systems: 6%
  • price: 60%
Published award criteria (6)
  • Stock Control & Materials Supply Chains: 7%
  • Operational Procedures: 10%
  • Resources: 7%
  • Emergency Service: 10%
  • Communications and Progress Reporting Systems: 6%
  • Price: 60
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    If required, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.

    Where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service.

    Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.

  • Economic & financial standing

    Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly “specific” turnover of 80,000 GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract.

    North Ayrshire Council reserve the right to review the bidders financial information including information from credit reference agencies at tender stage and throughout the life of the contract, and seek clarifications if necessary. If clarifications are not satisfactory the bidder may be excluded from the tender process.

    Bidders who cannot meet the required level of turnover will be excluded from this tender.

    Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading.

    It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

    Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 10M GBP

    www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf ↗

    Public Liability Insurance 10M GBP

    Contractors All Risk Insurance 5M GBP

  • Technical & professional ability

    Bidders will be required to provide a minimum of 2 examples of services carried out in the past 3 years that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described in part II.2.4 of the Contract Notice. The services must be of a similar value, size and scope.

    Unsatisfactory experience will result in exclusion from the tender process.

    Bidders must also provide two satisfactory references for the same two contracts on the reference templates provided. References should be completed and signed by previous customers for contracts of a similar value, size and scope. If any of the referees score the bidder less than 2 the bidder will be excluded from the tender process.

    Completed experience and reference templates must be zipped and uploaded at question 4C.1 of the qualification envelope.

    Bidders will be required to confirm the supplier's staff assigned to the operation of this contract have the following relevant educational and professional qualifications:

    Asbestos Awareness Training

    Bidders will be required to demonstrate that they have (or have access to) the relevant tools, plant or technical equipment to deliver the types of requirements detailed in II.2.4 in the Contract Notice.

    Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · August 2026
First published
6 Aug 2021, 14:45 BST
Last source update
21 Jan 2022, 09:14 GMT
Award evaluation window
10 Sept 2021 – …
Authority reference
NAC5062
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-001801
Classification (CPV)
Heating-plant repair and maintenance workPurification-plant repair and maintenance workRepair and maintenance of plantRepair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance work in connection with sports facilities
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM93)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d1e3 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment

Publisher note: Lots are not being used for this tender for the reason(s) stated below: Nature of the contract not suitable for lots. Delivery of the contract is location specific. Quality Management Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent) or a documented policy regarding quality management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1. Health and Safety Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum or the bidder must have a regularly reviewed and documented policy for Health and Safety management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1. Environmental Management Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate or the bidder must have a regularly reviewed documented policy regarding environmental management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.2. (SC Ref:680337)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
10 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
10 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Sept 2021 → 21 Jan 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    10 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    10 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    21 Jan 2022, 09:14 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 Jan 2022, 09:14 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £200,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Dec 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Aquateq Pools LtdSME£200,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 001801-2022-NAC/5062-1 · Aquateq Pools LtdSME

    Signed
    23 Dec 2021
    Value
    £200,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

North Ayrshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Cunninghame House, Friars Croft, Irvine, Scotland, KA12 8EEContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Kilmarnock Sheriff CourtReview body KilmarnockContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Aquateq Pools LtdAwarded supplier Unit R7 100 Borron Street, Port Dundas, Glasgow, Scotland, G4 9XGContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.